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Musical terminology - A

Submitted by nicolae on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 10:25
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Allegro
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aber
accelerando
accentato
acciaccatura
accompagnato
adagietto
adagio
adagissimo
ad libitum
affettuoso
affrettando
agile
agitato
al
alla
alla breve
alla marcia
allargando
allegretto
als
altissimo
amabile
amoroso
andante
andantino
animato
apaisé
a piacere
appassionato
appoggiatura
a prima vista
arietta
arioso
arpeggio
arco
assai
assez
a tempo
attacca
Ausdruck
ausdrucksvoll
avec
  • a, à (Fr.) – "at", "to", "by", "for", "in", "in the style of".
  • aber (Gr.) – "but".
  • a cappella – in the manner of chapel music, without instrumental accompaniment.
  • accelerando – gradually increasing the tempo; "accelerating".
  • accentato – "with emphasis"
  • acciaccatura – "crushing" – A very fast grace note that is "crushed" against the note that follows and takes up no value in the measure.

Vivaldi, Autumn

Submitted by nicolae on Sat, 06/21/2008 - 04:09
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nature
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autumn
Allegro
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Vivaldi
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Prete Rosso
Baroque music
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The Four Seasons
Le quattro stagioni

Autumn sonnet:

Allegro
Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances,
The pleasure of a bountiful harvest.
And fired up by Bacchus' liquor, many end their revelry in sleep.

Adagio molto
Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing and dance

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